WaterAid at Glastonbury 2011

WaterAid logo as a heart wearing headphonesWell, that was quite something!

Thanks to all the amazing WaterAid volunteers for making our activities at the 2011 Festival so successful.

Read all about it in our Glastonbury round-up news story here.

WaterAid's campaign

At Glastonbury 2011 we asked you to join our loo queue:


The Loo Queue petition was a display of solidarity with those who have been waiting their whole lives for a safe, clean place to go to the toilet.

By signing the petition you helped us call for action from the UK Government to address this injustice by committing to lifting 100 million people out of water and sanitation poverty by 2015.

Latrines and She-Pees: Use our loos!

Toilets and She pees

WaterAid once again operated cool African-style latrines in Kings Meadow, as well as the famous female urinals, affectionately known as She-Pees.

The She-Pees and latrines are manned by a team of fantastic volunteers who collect donations, talk to people in the queue about our work and, most importantly, keep them nice and clean.

Our composting eco-san loos, provided by Natural Event, meanwhile, are another great service for the festival reveller.

Used in some of WaterAid's projects, these ingenious loos transform human waste into safe, effective fertiliser which boost crop yield and, therefore, a poor community's income.

WaterAid stand

The WaterAid stand at Glastonbury Festival

The WaterAid stand just to the left of the Pyramid Stage is an ideal meeting point, so we hope you found time to come and say hello, get a cup of cool, fresh water and get a cool, fresh tattoo too!

The tattoos were designed exclusively for WaterAid by Lauren Laverne (top of page), Eliza Doolittle and Emmy the Great. Find out more here. 

Eliza Doolittle's WaterAid tattoo Tattoo designed by Emmy the Great

     

News

Power to the people!

20,000 of you signed our LooQueue petition to encourage the UK Government to reach even more of the world's poorest people to safe water and sanitation. Read more on the Glasto website.

Re-live the best bits!

In 2011, we used Storify to publish the latest updates and the story of each special day at Glasto. You can share and even embed our stories on your blog if you like them!

Emmy is Great!

Singer-songwriter Emmy the Great  blogged all week with WaterAid. Find out why here. 

Register for 2013

To give the land a chance to recover properly, there's no festival in 2012, but you can pre-register for 2013 now!

Glasto official

Keep an eye on the official Glasto site for loads of pictures and reviews. Find them on Facebook here.